Karl-Hermann Mühling

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Karl-Hermann Mühling (2020)

Karl-Hermann Mühling (born February 10, 1961 in Gießen ) is a German agricultural and nutritional scientist at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . He is University Professor for Plant Nutrition and Director at the Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. He is also President of the Scientific Societies for Agricultural, Forestry, Nutrition, Veterinary and Environmental Sciences (Dachverband Agrarforschung e.V. DAF) and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science).

biography

education and profession

Mühling, the son of an agricultural master, grew up on a farm in Hungen-Bellersheim ( Hesse ). After graduating from high school (1980), an agricultural training followed with a successful agricultural internship examination. Mühling graduated from the Justus Liebig University in Gießen with a degree in agricultural engineering (Dipl-Ing. Agr.) And was then awarded a Dr. agr. PhD (1991).

This was followed by a position as a research assistant (1990–1991), scientific (C1) assistant (1992–1997) and academic advisor (1998–2000) at the Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel. In 1998 , Mühling completed his habilitation and was qualified to teach ( venia legendi ) in the field of plant nutrition at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. After receiving a research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG), he completed a three-year stay abroad (1999–2001) at the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources at the University of California at Davis (USA), first as a DFG fellow and then as a postdoctoral fellow.

In 2003, he followed the call of Professor (C3) for plant nutrition with a focus on biochemistry of plant nutrition at the Institute for Plant Nutrition at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen. In 2007 he followed a second call as professor (W3) for plant nutrition at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

research

Mühling teaches and researches in the interdisciplinary subject of plant nutrition. This means that in his laboratory all macro (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S) and micronutrients (B, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cl, Mo, Fe, Ni) as well as useful elements (J, Si, Co) and pollutants (Na, Al, Cd) in the soil and in the plant are examined. In this way, physiological and ecological aspects of plant nutrition can be processed. Nutritional physiology is processed using biochemical and molecular methods.

With the help of mass spectrometry (IRMS and ICP-MS), the influence of mineral and organic fertilization on the nutrient balance in the soil is examined. In addition, current questions about the quality of plant-based food as well as the adaptation mechanisms of crops to abiotic stress (e.g. flooding, drought and salt stress) in marginal (acidic and saline) soils are answered with the expected climate change. In recent years he and his colleagues have written over 170 publications, of which over 120 have appeared in international and peer-reviewed journals (original works). His results are published in over 40 different scientific journals (peer-reviewed journals) on plant nutrition, plant physiology, botany, soil science, agronomy, food science. , Chemistry (Biological, Agricultural and Food Chemistry) and Environmental Science (Environmental Science) published. In addition, he and his employees have presented over 150 lectures and 170 posters at national and international conferences to date.

Teaching

Mühling offers teaching in German and English in B. Sc. and M. Sc. courses in agricultural, nutritional and environmental sciences for the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. In the bachelor's degree courses, modules with lectures, seminars and internships (4 hours per week per semester) on plant nutrition theory as well as fertilization and nutrient balance of soils are taught. In the master’s program in Crop Science, two modules are also offered for study with lectures, seminars and internships on nutritional physiology and nutrition biochemistry. In addition, there is a range of courses in the English-language master’s course “Agricultural Genomics” with several modules on “Biochemistry, Proteomics and Molecular Plant Nutrition”. For environmental scientists , a module “Nutrient Cycling and Sustainability” is offered in the English-language master’s course “Environmental Management”. Mühling is a member of the School of Sustainability and Kiel Life Science at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel.

So far, more than 20 doctoral, 60 master and 55 bachelor theses have been completed experimentally with him as a supervisor. More than half of his doctoral and post-doctoral students come from abroad (China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt, Sudan, Vietnam, Brazil, Ghana). Five of his doctoral students completed their doctorate with excellent (summa cum laude) and a total of 12 national and international doctoral and sponsorship awards were won by his doctoral students . So far, he has been able to lead four of his academic assistants to habilitation . Seven of his employees have already been appointed or appointed to professorships (Adjunct (Apl.-Prof.), Assistant (W1), Associate (W2) and Full (W3) Professorships) in Germany and abroad.

Committee work

  • Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Nutrition (since 2020)
  • Director at the Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science (since 2007)
  • Managing Director at the Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science (2008–2010, 2012–2014, 2017–2019)
  • Member of the convention of the Faculty of Agriculture and Nutrition (since 2016)
  • Press spokesman for the Faculty of Agriculture and Nutrition (2008–2010)
  • Editor of the university magazine "Christiana Albertina" (since 2008)
  • Faculty spokesman for the Faculty Day for Agricultural Sciences and Ecotrophology (since 2010)
  • Member of the examination committee for agricultural sciences (since 2014)
  • Member of the examination committee for Agricultural Genomics with courses in the English-language course "AgriGenomics" (since 2011)
  • Member of the permanent habilitation committee of the Faculty of Agriculture and Nutrition (since 2007)
  • Member of the Commission for the Promotion of Young Scientists (Graduate Funding), (since 2012)
  • Member of the Central Committee for Teacher Education at Kiel University (since 2019)
  • Member of the steering group of the Competence Center Biomass Use Schleswig-Holstein (2009-2016)
  • Member of the Kiel School of Sustainability with courses in the English-language course "Environmental Management" (since 2012)
  • Member of Kiel Life Science (KLS), (since 2016)
  • Member of the Kiel Network of Analytical Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry (since 2016)

Appraiser

Mühling works as a reviewer for research applications, qualification work and university policy issues in the areas of soil fertility, plant nutrition, stress physiology and the quality of plant foods for the following institutions:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food (BMEL) with the project sponsors Renewable Raw Materials (FNR) and the Federal Office for Agriculture (BLE); Scientific Commission Lower Saxony; German Research Foundation (DFG); German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); Alexander von Humboldt Society (AvH); United Arab Emirates University (UAEU); Higher Education Committee (HEC, Pakistan); University of Agriculture-Faisalabad (Pakistan); University of California at Davis (USA); The University of Western Australia; The University of Queensland (Australia); Aarhus University (Denmark); Fulbright Scholarship (USA); Academic Foundation of the german people; Edmund Rehwinkel Foundation; Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst; Konrad Adenauer Foundation; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung; Heinrich Böll Foundation; Friedrich Naumann Foundation.

Memberships

  • Umbrella organization for agricultural research (DAF); Board member (since 2012), President (since 2018)
  • German Agricultural Research Alliance (dafa), board member (2014-2018)
  • Faculty Day for Agricultural Sciences and Ecotrophology (FTAÖ), Chairman (2013–2015)
  • German Society for Plant Nutrition (DGP), member (since 1992), chairman (2010–2014)
  • German Society for Quality Research (Vegetable Food Plants) (DGQ), Member (since 2008), President (since 2011)
  • German Botanical Society (DBG), member (since 2011)
  • German Soil Science Society (DBG), member (since 1989)
  • Society for Crop Science (GPW), member (since 2018)
  • Association of German Agricultural Inspection and Research Institutes ( VDLUFA ), member (since 1995)
  • German Agricultural Society (DLG), member (since 1995)
  • Professional Association for Agriculture, Food and Environment (VDL), member (since 1985), Deputy Chairman of the Schleswig-Holstein State Association (since 2008)
  • Initiative Group of Agricultural and Nutritional Research (IKAEF), member of the steering committee (2013–2015)
  • General Faculty Day (AFT), member (2013–2015)
  • Federal Working Group Foliar Fertilization and Micronutrients (Workshop in the Federal Working Group Fertilization of the Agricultural Industry Association), Chairman (2012-2016)
  • American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), Member (2000-2010)
  • European Society of Agronomy (ESA), member (1991–1999)
  • Federation of European Societies of Plant Biologists (FESPB), member (2010–2019)
  • International Union of Soil Science (IUSS), member (since 1989)
  • International Society of Plant Spectroscopy (ISPS), member (since 2019)

Publications (selection)

Books

  • Importance of the proton gradient caused by plasmalemma ATPase for the retention of sugars in the roots of intact maize and field bean plants. Giessen 1991. (Dissertation)
  • Characterization of the ionic ratios in the apoplast of leaves using image-processing ratiometric fluorescence microscopy. Shaker, Achen 1998, ISBN 978-3-8265-4444-6 . (Habilitation thesis)

Editorial work and editing

Mühling is a regular reviewer for many scientific journals in the field of agricultural, nutrition, environmental and life sciences. In addition, he works as an editor and publisher for four scientific journals:

  • Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Member of the Editorial Board (2004–2017), Editor in Chief (since 2019)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science, Section Plant Nutrition, Associate Editor (since 2011)
  • Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, Associate Editor (2009-2019)
  • Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, Member of the Editorial Board (2005–2017), Section Editor (2018–2019)
  • Christiana Albertina, science journal of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (editor, since 2008)
  • Agrarspectrum, conference proceedings of the umbrella organization for agricultural research (co-editor, since 2012)
  • Board of Trustees of Wiley-Verlag for the Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science (Curator, 2010-2014; and again since 2019)

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SURNAME Mühling, Karl-Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH to water